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00:00His mistress was 15 years younger than my mom, a sweet-faced college girl named Cody.
00:04Men never remember the hard years you survived for them.
00:07Once they make it, all they do is figure out how to squeeze you dry.
00:11When it was time to split the assets, my mom found out every dollar in every asset had been tucked
00:15under the company's name.
00:16My dad's monthly salary? One dollar.
00:22Sweetheart, your mom and I are getting divorced. So what's it gonna be?
00:24A luxury life with dad or beg on the streets with your mom?
00:28Daddy, I'll always be your only daughter.
00:30Well, well, that's my girl.
00:32He was in a great mood now. Without her, alcohol would have eaten through his stomach years ago.
00:36She kept his stomach pills ready.
00:40When he got sick and ended up in the hospital, she stayed by his bed the whole time.
00:44He got better, but that bitch's mouth and pussy have completely taken over his brain.
00:48My mom cried. She screamed. She begged.
00:50In the end, he got tired of being questioned and brought Chloe home.
00:55She staggered toward me.
00:57Grabbed my arms.
00:57Stella, what did you just say? Say it again!
01:00It'll be the same answer every time.
01:02I'm staying with dad.
01:03I pulled my arm out of her, but tears looked down her face.
01:05Stella, you don't want me anymore?
01:08What use are you?
01:09I pointed around the vala. Can you put me in a house like this?
01:12Can you drive me to school in a Jaguar?
01:13I'm still growing. How are you gonna make sure I eat well with discounted expired groceries?
01:16Mom, dad already dumped you. Don't drag me down with me.
01:18Why would I throw away a good life just to go suffer with you?
01:20Dad can hand me a little spending money and I'll be fine.
01:22You could work ten jobs a day and still not make what he earns in an hour.
01:24That broke her.
01:25You really don't want me anymore?
01:27Mom, is that even the issue? You can't afford to raise me. You can't give me the life I want.
01:30Stop wasting time here. You'd be better off finding a job than figuring out how to feed yourself.
01:34I let impatience flash across my face.
01:36I shook off her hand and walked straight to my room.
01:39Get out. Stop lingering in my house. If you stain my new rug, can you even afford to pay for
01:44it?
01:46Mom still had a little money left, so I wasn't too worried about her for now.
01:49From now on, Chloe is your new mother. You treat her the same way you'd treat your real one. Got
01:54it?
01:55Hello, Mom.
01:56Chloe rolled her eyes.
01:57I'm not claiming a daughter that ugly. God, she's hideous.
02:00Good. That's my girl.
02:02Now that she was his darling, of course my dad didn't say a thing to her.
02:06My phone buzzed.
02:07Dad had sent a message.
02:08He was transferring $50,000 to me as a reward.
02:11He might not love my mom anymore, but I was still his blood.
02:14To keep from spooking them, I kept going to school like usual.
02:17You never would have guessed I was a middle schooler.
02:19At the same time, rumors started spreading at school that I dumped my own mother for money.
02:22My classmates pointed and whispered.
02:24Even the teachers looked at me differently.
02:26After school that day, I went straight to the apartment my mom had rented.
02:30When she opened the door...
02:32What are you doing here?
02:33Her voice was barely above a whisper.
02:35Her eyes lit up.
02:37Slammed the door behind me and threw my arms around her.
02:40Then I started crying without a sound.
02:41She broke too.
02:42How pathetic is that?
02:43I had to sneak around just to see my own mother.
02:44Terrified someone like this.
02:46Dad gave me this as spending money.
02:48Take it, Mom.
02:48I pulled four fat bundles of cash out of my backpack.
02:50I don't want his money.
02:51Why not? You have to take it.
02:52Stella, come live with me.
02:54And how are you going to support me?
02:56Stop kidding yourself. I'm not going with you.
02:58You're right. I'm useless.
03:00I'd only drag you down.
03:01Mom, you're not a burden.
03:02Dad has money.
03:03If I went with you and he had another child later, do you think his estate wouldn't end up split?
03:06Everything he has is supposed to end up with me.
03:07It just has got some skill.
03:08She went tense.
03:09What are you trying to do?
03:10Don't worry. I'm not going to do anything stupid.
03:12You need to stand on your own now.
03:13It's okay.
03:14If Dad just wait out one day, at least I won't let you suffer.
03:16That night...
03:17You little bitch!
03:18Did you just give my money to your mother?
03:20Second, I stepped back into the house.
03:21My father rushed me and slapped me so hard it spun me off my feet.
03:24It hit hard enough to knock me to the floor.
03:27Dad's body jerked for half a second when he saw the blood.
03:29Talk! Did you give that money to Laura?
03:31Yes.
03:32But his face stayed pure rage.
03:33Another slap, even harder this time.
03:34I wasn't steady yet, so the blow sent me straight into a cabinet.
03:37I almost blacked out.
03:38Dad, if I stop giving mom money, I'm going to get beaten to death at school.
03:42I get hit every day now.
03:44Even the teachers hate me.
03:51I didn't want my classmates and teachers thinking I abandoned my mom, so I went to see her.
03:57I just wanted to give her some money so people would stop laughing at me, stop bullying me.
04:04Dad, I know Chloe doesn't like me, and I know you don't want me living here either.
04:08Please don't hit me anymore.
04:09I'll leave right now.
04:16I'd barely gotten a few steps before Chloe's sharp voice tore out from inside the house.
04:20What are you standing there for?
04:21Go drag her back!
04:29You want the neighbors gossiping about me when she looks like that?
04:31Dad knew I couldn't go out looking like that.
04:33He'd just taken me in.
04:33If he threw me out right away, the story would get ugly fast.
04:36But he hesitated too long.
04:37The neighbor next door had already seen me.
04:38Blood all over my face, standing outside while he trimmed his lawn.
04:41There were people walking all along the street, too.
04:42By the time my father dragged me back inside, at least ten people had seen how bad I looked.
04:50We got a report about possible child abuse at this address.
04:53We need you to cooperate with our investigation.
04:56What happened here?
04:57Explain it.
04:58Who knows how she got like that.
05:00Maybe she ran into something.
05:02What's your relationship to the child?
05:05I'm his wife.
05:06So, the stepmother.
05:10Who said I'm her stepmother?
05:12I have nothing to do with this little bitch.
05:14Has a norm mess up, but normal for him discipline-owned hound guy.
05:19If the child is your daughter, then how did she get these injuries?
05:23We got a report saying she suffered a head injury and was bleeding.
05:25Is that true?
05:28No, officer.
05:29I fell and hit my head.
05:31My dad didn't hit me.
05:33I did badly on a test.
05:35Dad just talked to me about it.
05:36Beating a minor is a crime.
05:38Even if we're not taking it further this time,
05:40you'd better be careful from now on.
05:46Seeing how pathetic you look at school,
05:48I'm letting this go once.
05:49But if I find out again that you gave Laura my money behind my back,
05:52I'll beat you to death.
05:53He'd given me $50,000.
05:55I gave $40,000 to my mom.
05:56As long as I didn't spend stupidly,
05:58it would get me through the year.
06:00With that money, my mom rented a storefront near my school.
06:02She opened a little restaurant.
06:04She'd spent more than 10 years taking care of my father,
06:06and she'd even taken cooking classes at community college.
06:09Cooking came easily to her.
06:10And once I started spreading the word at school,
06:12the place filled up fast.
06:13The cafeteria food was disgusting,
06:14and my mom's cooking won people over in no time.
06:16Honestly, I knew making money wasn't even the main reason she opened it.
06:19She just wanted to be closer to me,
06:20so she could see me every day.
06:22But nothing good lasts forever.
06:25Mom's restaurant had been open for less than two weeks
06:28when the city health department showed up.
06:30All the permits were in order.
06:31Still, the inspectors nitpicked everything
06:34and shut us down for rectification.
06:40They said it was because of a public complaint.
06:42Chloe's face flashed through my mind.
06:44I already suspected she was the one who'd told my dad
06:47about the money I gave mom.
06:48That night, like always,
06:49I walked up to her with a glass of milk.
06:51Chloe, your milk.
06:54Ever since my mom got kicked out and divorced,
06:57serving Chloe a glass of milk had become part of my routine.
07:00I stood beside her and watched as she sipped the milk.
07:02If you've got something to say, say it.
07:04My patience is not for you.
07:07Chloe, were you the one who reported my mom's restaurant?
07:10Oh, you figured it out.
07:12You already got my mother kicked out,
07:14and now my father revolves around here all day.
07:16Why won't you just leave her alone?
07:20Why does the sun rise in the east?
07:21Why does bird crap land on your head?
07:24If she doesn't die, I'm unhappy.
07:25That's why.
07:26And don't think choosing your father means you're safe.
07:28One day, all your dad's money will belong to the baby in my belly.
07:31You, the ex-wife's little bastard, won't get a dim.
07:36If you know what's good for you,
07:37get out of this house and go find your pathetic mother.
07:40Otherwise, don't blame your stepmother when I stop being nice.
07:46You, you drugged me?
07:50Mommy, so you were pregnant.
07:53Why didn't you tell me sooner?
07:54People always say pregnant women are fragile.
07:56One wrong move and they lose the baby.
07:57TV actresses mismarry if someone so much as looks at them wrong.
08:00But Chloe?
08:01That bastard in her womb was built like Schwarzenegger.
08:05Impossible to kill.
08:06It took everything I had just to drag her upstairs.
08:12Still no blood.
08:13She just looked even sleepier.
08:15Just like all the others.
08:17So I laid her flat on the floor and started punching her stomach.
08:20Then I propped her sideways against the stairs
08:22and started kicking her in the gut.
08:25After more than 20 minutes,
08:26all my hard work finally paid off.
08:28I pulled out my phone and dialed 911.
08:30Hello?
08:31Is this the hospital?
08:33My mommy fell down the stairs.
08:34Please hurry.
08:35Save her.
08:38911, what's your emergency?
08:39My mommy is bleeding so much down there.
08:41Is she going to die?
08:42Take a deep breath and slow down.
08:43First, tell me your address.
08:44We're sending an ambulance now.
08:45Is the patient conscious?
08:46Is she breathing?
08:47How much blood is there?
08:47She fell down the stairs.
08:48She's really going to be okay?
08:49The blood is still coming out.
08:50Is she going to die?
08:51Listen to me.
08:51I've documented what you told me.
08:52An ambulance and police are both on the way.
08:54Do not move the patient unless you have to.
08:56Keep her airway clear.
08:57Can you tell me whether the patient is pregnant?
08:58She said she was pregnant,
08:59but I really didn't push her shield by herself.
09:01It wasn't me.
09:01You're doing very well.
09:02Now read your full address,
09:03house number, and phone number back to me.
09:04Help is almost there.
09:05Please don't hang up, okay?
09:06If my dad finds out something happened to mom,
09:08will he beat me to death?
09:09I'm so scared.
09:10Once our responders and the police arrive,
09:12they'll keep the scene safe.
09:13Tell me the address.
09:14We'll stay on the line together.
09:16Then I hung up.
09:19I poured myself a glass of milk,
09:22drank it,
09:24and put the empty glass away.
09:26Then I washed Chloe's milk glass until it was spotless.
09:33After I'd calmed my breathing,
09:34I called 911 back and gave them the address.
09:37Only after the ambulance took Chloe away
09:38did I call my father,
09:40who was out drinking with clients.
09:42Dad, something terrible happened.
09:43Mom fell down the stairs.
09:44She's unconscious.
09:45The ambulance took her away.
09:49How is she now?
09:50Which hospital?
09:51They took her to city general.
09:53Dad, I'm scared.
09:55Mom was bleeding so much down there.
09:57What are we going to do?
10:01I need to report a drunk driver near my house.
10:04A black SUV.
10:05The driver looks really drunk
10:06and he's heading toward the hospital.
10:07I can give you the plate number.
10:08We'll notify highway patrol to intercept.
10:10Do not follow the car.
10:11Do not approach it.
10:12Stay somewhere safe.
10:13Tell me the plate number,
10:13the make and model
10:14and which direction it's heading.
10:18His blood alcohol level came back
10:20at a staggering 200 milligrams per 100 milliliters.
10:23Classic DUI.
10:24His lines was revolved.
10:26He was charged with dangerous driving.
10:28But because he pleaded guilty
10:29and cooperated in court,
10:30he was only sentenced to three months.
10:32While he was being taken away,
10:33Chloe was finally wheeled out of surgery.
10:35Thank God, the baby was gone.
10:36And there was more good news.
10:37Because treatment had been delayed,
10:39she'd suffered damage to her uterus.
10:40Not enough to make pregnancy impossible forever.
10:42But if she ever wanted another child,
10:44she'd have to recover for a long time.
10:46You shameless little bitch!
10:49I'll kill you!
10:51A nurse jumped in at once and pulled me behind her.
10:54What is wrong with you?
10:55You wake up and the first thing you do is hit a child?
10:57That's disgusting.
10:58Even biological parents don't get to hit their kids.
11:00And you're not even her real mother.
11:01What gives you the right?
11:02Your husband got locked up for drunk driving,
11:03and this stepdaughter has been here taking care of you the whole time.
11:06This child stayed up all night because she was scared something would happen to you.
11:09And you can't even say thank you before you start swinging?
11:11You're unbelievable.
11:12Please stop scolding her.
11:14If she tells my dad when we get home, he'll beat me to death.
11:17She drugged me and made me lose my baby.
11:19She killed my child, and now she's pretending to be innocent.
11:22I'm going to tell her father.
11:23I'm going to make him beat her to death.
11:24Another nurse grabbed her pointing hand.
11:26You're still blaming a child?
11:27How old is she?
11:28You really think she could get drugs?
11:29You fell down the stairs by yourself.
11:31What is wrong with you?
11:32If your stepdaughter hadn't called 911,
11:34you wouldn't even be alive right now.
11:35Come on.
11:36Don't waste another second on her.
11:37Stella, you little bitch.
11:38I won't let this go.
11:39You killed my baby.
11:40I'll call the police.
11:41I'll have you sent to prison.
11:44And she really did.
11:45When the officer but the high list,
11:46they went up something the second they saw them.
11:48You're saying your husband's ex-wife's daughter
11:50put something in your milk and caused you to miscage?
11:52Yes, yes.
11:53That's exactly what happened.
11:54Go arrest that little bitch and lock her up for 10 years.
11:56No, give her the death penalty.
11:59Then where did the injuries on her body come from?
12:02What injuries?
12:03We saw multiple external injuries on her.
12:05Some of them are fresh on top of older ones.
12:06And you're saying you know nothing about that?
12:08I'm the one who called the police,
12:09and instead of asking what happened to me,
12:10you're asking about her bruises.
12:11Are you serious?
12:11Watch your tone.
12:12We're police officers, not servants.
12:13Just because someone makes her a milkshake report
12:15doesn't mean they're automatically happy.
12:16We verify all evidence.
12:17My baby is gone.
12:18Are you going to do anything or not?
12:19Stella, since you called 911,
12:20have you gone back home at all?
12:23Stella, since you called 911,
12:24have you gone back home at all?
12:25No, not once.
12:26This child hasn't left the hospital
12:27for even a minute since last night.
12:29Our stayed here the whole night with Chloe.
12:30Look at her.
12:31She's covered in injuries.
12:32People who abuse children like this can't be let off.
12:33We'll investigate everything thoroughly.
12:35Stella, can you take us to your house?
12:36We need to examine the scene and collect evidence.
12:41Is this the cup your stepmother used
12:42to drink the milk last night?
12:44Yes.
12:45That's the cup I used to bring her the milk.
12:48Does your father or your stepmother hit you often?
12:50Not often exactly,
12:51but if I make her unhappy, my dad hits me,
12:53sometimes with his fists, sometimes with a belt.
12:55Is your stepmother often unhappy?
12:57Not often exactly,
12:58just maybe two or three times a day.
13:00We found nothing in the cup.
13:01What do you mean there was nothing in the cup?
13:04We found nothing in the cup.
13:05What do you mean there was nothing in the cup?
13:07Miss Chloe, next time,
13:07think before you call the police.
13:09Even if she isn't your biological child,
13:10she is still a child.
13:11Setting aside how a middle schooler
13:12would even get her hands on a drug
13:13stronger enough to Stella's fingerprints
13:15and your lip on it,
13:16and the milk residue tested clean,
13:17no drugs.
13:18We understand that relationships
13:19between stepmothers and children
13:20can be complicated,
13:21but do not abuse a child.
13:22You found her fingerprints on the cup.
13:23Doesn't that prove it?
13:24Was Stella the one who brought you the milk?
13:26Of course.
13:26If she doesn't do chores like that,
13:27should I?
13:28Exactly.
13:28Then why wouldn't her fingerprints be on the cup?
13:30Children are supposed to come into this world
13:31wanted and protected.
13:32Just because she isn't yours
13:33doesn't give you the right to treat her like this.
13:35With a stepdaughter like that,
13:36you should be grateful.
13:37If you call in false promise
13:38and waste public forces again,
13:39we'll take legal action.
13:41She really must have thought
13:42she had me this time.
13:43The minor on they worked in the nightlife scene,
13:45but one of mom's connections,
13:46things like that are easy to find.
13:49Most of my bruises were faked with makeup
13:51by my mother and me.
13:53Dad had me before too.
13:54Every time I beat me because of Chloe,
13:56I screamed loud enough
13:57for the whole neighborhood to hear.
13:59Everything that happened in our house
14:00had already spread through the wealthy community.
14:02As for the cup the police mentioned,
14:04I've already tampered with it.
14:05Every part of this plan had started
14:07the day my mom was kicked out
14:08and dad ordered me to take care of his new lover.
14:10A week later,
14:11Chloe came home from the hospital.
14:13From that point on,
14:14she refused to touch any food or drink I brought her.
14:16Said she didn't cook and didn't do housework.
14:18The two of us kept living under the same roof.
14:21Every day,
14:21she watched me like I was a thief.
14:23Too bad it still wasn't enough.
14:24She locks her door tight every night.
14:26I secretly got a spare key.
14:30But she still couldn't keep me out.
14:32I secretly had a locksmith make a spare key.
14:34At midnight,
14:35I slipped into her and my father's bedroom with a knife.
14:45What are you doing?
14:47You can't do this to me.
14:49You'll go to jail for this.
14:50You got my mom kicked out of this house
14:51and made sure she left with nothing.
14:53You can't kill me.
14:53If you do,
14:54your dad will beat you to death.
14:55Really?
14:56Don't forget.
14:56Right now,
14:57I'm still his only biological daughter.
15:00If I cut your head off tonight,
15:03do you think he'd cover for me
15:05because I'm all he has left?
15:10My dear stepmother,
15:11I'm giving you two choices.
15:12First,
15:13I'm not sure I can really kill you.
15:14So instead,
15:15I'll ruin your face.
15:16I'll carve words into it with this knife.
15:18Whore on one side,
15:19slut on the other.
15:20Everyone will laugh at you forever.
15:22My dad will hate you
15:23and get rid of you
15:24just like he abandoned my mom.
15:25You drink what's in here.
15:27I promise it's not poison.
15:29And it's not a sedative.
15:31You won't die.
15:32I'm really hoping you pick the first one.
15:34That way,
15:35I can finally avenge my mother.
15:36I picked the second one!
15:41What the hell was that?
15:42They say mothers can feel their children,
15:44don't they?
15:45Didn't you feel anything at all?
15:47That's right.
15:48What you just swallowed was your baby,
15:49less than two months old.
15:51Dear stepmother,
15:52slimy little thing was your embryo.
15:55Chloe went insane.
15:56By the next day,
15:57she was completely gone.
15:59Hello,
15:59is this the psychiatric hospital?
16:01My stepmother has gone crazy.
16:04Please come to pick her up.
16:05My baby.
16:06My baby.
16:07Dad,
16:08Chloe,
16:09she's been cheating on you.
16:10She often brings strange men home.
16:12She's,
16:12she's gone crazy.
16:14This bitch!
16:16Laura,
16:16I know it's my fault.
16:18I forgive you.
16:21From now on,
16:22submit your work reports to me.
16:23I told him to put me straight into management.
16:26A year into the job,
16:28my father suffered a cerebral hemorrhage
16:29during a business dinner
16:30and was rushed to the hospital.
16:32We need a doctor in here!
16:34Are you certain you wish to decline the operation?
16:37I am certain.
16:40By the time I got to the hospital,
16:41Dad was already dead.
16:45What a shame.
16:45I didn't get to see him one last time.
16:47Nothing to be scared of.
16:49Before your father died,
16:50I already leaned down
16:51and said what needed said in his ear.
16:54What did you tell him?
16:56That we'd both been waiting for this day
16:57for a very, very long time.
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